What is the Fundraising Effectiveness Project Plug-in and how to run it?

Blackbaud is one of the participating software vendors who are supporting Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) with their Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP). The Fundraising Effectiveness Plug-in gathers information necessary for the survey conducted by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP), which is sponsored by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP).

For more information on the Fundraising Effectiveness Project, refer to AFP's Web site.

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Perform the following steps to run the Fundraising Effectiveness Project plug-in:

Note: This is for any two consecutive 12-month periods, where the latest year (Period 2) results by gain/loss categories compared to results in the prior year (Period 1). Calendar-year data is preferred if submitting results to the Association for Fundraising Professionals, to enable them to make apples-to-apples comparisons of fund-raising trends across calendar years. If the output is not going to be sent to AFP for consolidation, either calendar year or fiscal year periods can be used in the plug-in by setting the period start and end dates accordingly.

Example: To respond with 2013-2014 data, the preferred period ending dates would be "12/31/2013" for Period 1 and "12/31/2014" for Period 2